DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 17/94

of 28 October 1994

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas Commission Directive 94/7/EC of 15 March 1994 adapting Council Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions as regards the technical definition of ‘multilateral development banks’(1) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be inserted in Annex IX to the Agreement in point 18 (Council Directive 89/647/EEC) before the adaptations:

‘as amended by:

— 394 L 0007:

Commission Directive 94/7/EC of 15 March 1994 adapting Council Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions as regards the technical definition of “multilateral development banks” (

OJ No L 89, 6. 4. 1994, p. 17

)’.

Article 2

The texts of Directive 94/7/EC in the Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 15 December 1994, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the

Official Journal of the European Communities

Done at Brussels, 28 October 1994.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H. HAFSTEIN

(1)

OJ No L 89, 6. 4. 1994, p. 17